Folding convertible crib



(No Model.)

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a FOLDING CONVERTIBLE CRIB.

N0. 341,238. Patented May 4, 1886.

xl) H UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

CHB-IS'IIAN F. HEINSS, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

FOLDING CONVERTIBLE CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,238, dated May 4, 1886. Application filed February 15. 1886. Serial No. 192,037. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CIIEIsrIAN F. HEINss, of Covington, Kenton county, Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Folding Convertible Crib and Cradle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device capable of conversion at will into a cradle or into a crib or bedstead, and capable of being folded up when not in use, so as to occupy comparatively little space.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent a folding convertible crib and cradle embodying my invention, Figure 1 is a head end elevation of the device in condition for use as a cradle. Figs. 2 and 3 are partly sectioned elevations from the foot end and the side, respectively, ofthe device in condition of a crib. Fig. l is an end view of the device folded up.

rlhe basket or receptacle of the cradle or crib consists of a shallow bag, A, made of any sufiicient] y strong and flexible material-such as muslin-and suspended at its sides from the top poles or stretchers, B B', of two frames, of which each consists of two end pieces, C or C', united at their upper ends by a stretcher, B or B', and at their middle portions by a stretcher, D or D'. At each end of the basket the lower portions or legs of the pieces C and C' of the two frames cross one another, and at the point of crossing are pivoted together on a pin or bolt, e, inserted in and pro.` jecting from the end of a center pole, E, extending the length of and beneath the basket. rlhe lower ends of the pieces C and C are attached by pivots c and c', respectively, to the middle portions of two supportingfeet or rocker-arms, F F', which are hinged together at their inner ends on apintle,j', which also passes through a corresponding orifice in the lower end of an upright, C. The bolt c passes through a vertical slot, g, in this upright, and is screw-threaded at its end for the engagement thereon of a nut, H, preferably provided with 'wings 7L, for convenience in turning. When the nut H is unscrewed, by elevating or depressing the uprights G and moving the stretchers B B' toward or from one another, the frames B C D B' C' D' may be folded together or opened apart, and the arms F F' their inner portions are more depressed they combine to form rockers, enabling the basketframe to be used as a cradle, (see Fig. 1;) but when their inner ends are raised, as in Fig. 2, they rest on the Hoor only at their outer ends, and constitute feet, which serve to rigidly support the basketframe and adapt it for use as aci-ib. The device may be rigidly retained or locked in either of these positions by screwing each nut H into the upper or the lower one, as the case may be, of two recesses or pits, g', in the corresponding upright, G, thereby preventing the motion of the bolt c within the slot g, without which no motion of the other parts can take place. Vhen the frames B C D and B C D' are folded completely together, the arms F F' also fold up together and the device assumes the compact condition shown in Fig. 4, in which it is more convenient for' setting aside out of the way when not in use, and is better adapted for storage and shipment. One of the uprights G is preferably prolonged upward, as at g", to supporta headcurtain, I, which is suspended from it by an elastic band, fi, so as to allow of the vertical Inovement of the upright, and is secured at its lower edge to the top edge of one end of the bag A. This curtain serves to support the pillow and to distinguish the head from the foot of the crib or cradle, thus improving its appearance. This upward prolongation g" may also be utilized as a support for a bent rod, J, whose one arm is pivoted in or on said prolongation, and whose other arm is thereby enabled to be brought over the crib or cradle to support a mosquito-net,j, as shown in Figs.

2 and 3, or to be turned to one side, as in Fig.

l, so as to be out of the way.

Webs K, connecting the bottom of the bag A with the stretchers D D', may be used to brace the former, and the frames B C D and B' CD may be covered by a cloth siding, L, for ornamental effect.

Of course the device can be ymade on an en- IDO larged scale, so as to be suitable for use by fullgrown persons, or in miniature, so as to constitute a toy.

I claim aS new and of my invention- 5 l. In a folding convertible crib and cradle, the combination of the flexible basket A, supported on cross-frames B C D/ and B C D, center pole, E, and bolts c on the ends thereof, by which said frames are pivoted together, conveX-solcd rocker-arms F F, pivoted to the lower ends of said frames B Gf D and B C D by bolts c and c', respectively, uprights G,pin tles f, passing` through the lower ends of said uprights and the inner ends of said rocker- Y 15 ar1ns,yerticul slots g in said uprights, through which said bolts e pass, and nuts H, screwing onto said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a folding convertible crib and cradle, the Combination, with the upright G and the head-curtain I, of the elastic band i, whereby said curtain is suspended from said upright, 1 substantially as and for the purposes designated. l

In testimony of which invention I hereunto 25 set my hand. l

CHRISTIAN F. IIEINSS.

Attest:

I-I. G. LnWrs, A. P. KNiGHT. 

